News of EducaPoles

This section presents the latest news on the International Polar Foundation's educational activities and projects. It also contains general interest news on the polar regions, climate change and sustainable development for the educational world. Our RSS feeds will inform you when news are published on this website.

  • New Videos and New Quizzes

    22.02.2010

    During the Antarctic summer, scientists either conduct research aboard a ship, or from a scientific research base such as the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. To discover their work and the landscapes and fauna of Antarctica, we will publish a short video every week, sometimes with new quizzes.

  • Polar Quest: A Contest for Flemish High School Juniors

    02.02.2010

    Polar Quest is the new educational project from the International Polar Foundation, supported by the ‘Actieplan Wetenschapscommunicatie' of the Flemish Government.

  • Settling in at Utsteinen

    02.12.2009

    The beginning of the season has been warm, and happily enough,accompanied by fantastic weather like we had two years ago (and thankfully not like last year).

  • Ikanda

    27.11.2009

    1,400 6th grade pupils participated in IKANDA, the first congress for children in Flanders, held on November 17th, 2009. The congress was organized by the Education Department of the Flemish Government and the Flanders District of Creativity. IKANDA is a place where passion and talent come together.

  • BELARE 2009-2010: The New Season has just begun

    16.11.2009

    After the briefing of Friday October 16th in the headquarters of the IPF, we can now confirm that the new season for the Princess Elisabeth Station has started! 44 people will take part in this season, staying between 1 and 5 months on the spot. The objective for this year is to finalize the tests of all the technical systems of the station.Moreover, a new satellite antenna will be installed…

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  • This is the first part of Class Zero Emission, where we discuss climate and how it works. A presenter explains how the different greenhouse gases work using a digital animation.
  • Using a large world map with magnets with pictures and chemical symbols on them, the children learn about the causes and consequences of current climate change.
  • Before the students leave on an expedition to the Poles, one of them gets dressed up as polar scientist.
  • Ready to go!
  • The sledge that Alain Hubert (explorer and founder of the IPF) pulled during his Arctic Arc expedition.
  • The Polar Regions: the second part of Class Zero Emission. Students learning by playing with a 3D puzzle of the Arctic.

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Teacher Koen Meirlaen performs the experiment at the Princess Elisabeth station in Antarctica.

Join the Sun Shadows Project!

You don’t need much, just some sun and a long stick!Pupils and teachers all over the world join forces to measure the shadows of a 1m long stick!…

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